U.S. Files Supplemental Authority in Support of Its Statute of Repose Argument

ATLANTA -- The United States is pointing to a recent 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision it says supports its attempts to have the court overseeing the Camp Lejeune water contamination MDL proceedings rule on whether federal law preempts North Carolina's statute of repose in the relevant cases. In re: Camp Lejeune North Carolina Water Contamination Litigation, MDL No. 2218 (N.D. Ga.).

The United States filed a notice of supplemental authority Jan. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, maintaining its position that the federal court needs to weigh in on whether North Carolina's statute …